East Tennessee State University Student Population

How many students at ETSU?

For the academic year 2024-2025, East Tennessee State University has a total enrollment of 13,728 students, including 10,829 undergraduate and 2,899 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 5,310 male students (38.7%) and 8,418 female students (61.3%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 9,732 White students (70.9%) and 806 Black students (5.9%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 10,829 undergraduate students (78.9%) and 2,899 graduate students (21.1%).
• Class Delivery: 2,762 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 6,586 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar public Research University (high research activity) - which average 16,875 - ETSU's body is relatively small.

Explore complete student demographics below, including gender ratio, race and ethnicity, age distribution, and distance learning statistics.

Enrollment by Gender and Class Level

By gender, 5,310 male (38.68%) and 8,418 female (61.32%) students are attending East Tennessee State University. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 63.08.

By class level, 10,829 (78.88%) are undergraduate students and 2,899 (21.12%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 39.83% are male and 60.17% are female, while among graduate students, 34.39% are male and 65.61% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 9,732 White, 806 Black, and 346 Asian students out of a total of 13,728 are attending at East Tennessee State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

East Tennessee State University is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 48% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution shows moderate representation of multiple racial and ethnic groups.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, ETSU has 808 students under 18 years old and 28 students over 65 years old. There are 10,489 students under 25 years old, and 3,239 students over 25 years old out of 13,728 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 808 students are younger than 18 and 21 students are older than 65. ETSU has 9,443 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,386 students aged 25 and over.

It has 1,046 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,853 students aged 25 and over.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At East Tennessee State University, 2,762 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 6,586 students are enrolled in some online courses.

2,219 students who live in Tennessee or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 543 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 10,829 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 929 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 8.58%.779 students have transferred in as full-time status and 150 students transferred in as part-time status.